Audit of the DoD’s Management of Air Quality Issues at Camp Lemonnier, Djibouti (Report No. DODIG 2025 041)

Audit of the DoD's Management of Air Quality Issues at Camp Lemonnier, Djibouti (Report No. DODIG-2025-041)

Audit

The objective of this audit was to determine whether the Navy effectively developed a plan to mitigate air quality issues on Camp Lemonnier, Djibouti (CLDJ).

CLDJ serves as the DoD's only enduring installation on the African continent. According to widely circulated information from public sources, including the World Health Organization and the United Nations Environment Programme, the air quality in Djibouti is poor because of factors such as open burning of trash by the local population and emissions from factories and vehicles. Since 2002, the DoD has identified air quality issues that degrade the air quality on CLDJ-for example, smoke plumes from burning garbage and emissions from U.S. military operations.

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